A bug smuggler was busted trying to leave Peru with 320 tarantulas strapped to his body — including dozens as big as a human hand, according to authorities.
The 28-year-old Korean traveler was stopped at a security checkpoint at Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima on November 8 after his stomach area was noticeably bulging, according to Peru’s national forestry and wildlife service, SERFOR.
When officials lifted up his shirt, they found hundreds of the creepy crawlers — also including 110 centipedes and nine bullet ants — inside ziplock bags and plastic containers tied to his abdomen with two belts.
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